One Step Forward, and Two Steps Back

So I haven't said much about working out lately, well, because I haven't been to the gym lately. I have been riding again. (I quit for a long time because I felt too heavy and out of balance to ride.) Saturday I had a riding lesson with a local-ish trainer, and I chose to ride hunt seat to challenge myself and focus on my core and balance. I rode two hours, one of which was spent in a posting trot. Then I showed western classes on Sunday (1st or 2nd in all my riding classes!). I'm a little sore, but not too bad. I'm looking forward to getting in more saddle time in upcoming months.

Saturday I was also got a late invite to dinner and drinks with friends. I was really excited to get to hang out with everyone, but I should have been more responsible with my calories. A few Angry Orchard apple ciders, mindless chip and guacamole snacking, and a sausage wrap put me WAY, WAY, WAY over my calorie allotment for the day. The result was two pounds of water weight overnight with another pound tacked on this morning. sigh

I know that it's not two/three pounds of fat, and I've gone immediately back to clean eating and portion control, but it's still disappointing after such an exciting Friday. Thus, I REALLY need to be going to the gym this week to do a little cardio. Even though I'm sore, I know that if I go to the gym and walk on the treadmill a while I'll feel better and hurt less. The motivation is seriously lacking though. Today's weigh in 220- 5 lbs more than this past Friday, but its almost all water weight, so hopefully I'll be able to drop it as quick as I picked it up.

Today's recipe comes from a Friday night experiment. CFPQ (Cross Fit Paleo Queen) came over to try to make zucchini ravioli. From that fail we rebooted and made zucchini lasagna with ground turkey instead of beef. I didn't look up a recipe, but rather, just made my favorite lasagna recipe with chicken subbed and zucchini subbed. The result was DELICIOUS, albeit a little runny/liquid heavy. After looking up a few recipes online after it was done I saw that most people lightly salt the raw zucchini to draw out some of the water and pat dry with paper towels. Lesson learned, and it was a really tasty "failure" if I do say so myself. :)